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Communications Executive – Digital, Temporary, 35 hours per week, £32,802 per annum

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications professional with a flair for all things digital to join the Law Society of Scotland to cover a period of maternity leave up to a period of 12 months.

We are the professional body for over 13,000 Scottish solicitors, setting standards for and regulating solicitors to ensure the provision of excellent legal services and confidence in Scotland’s legal profession. We work to influence the creation of a fairer and more just society through active engagement with the Scottish and United Kingdom governments, parliaments, wider stakeholders and our membership. We also provide wide-ranging support to help our members thrive at all stages of their career through our CPD programme and member services and engagement. 

At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond. 

 

Key Responsibilities for this role

The Digital Communications Executive plays a central role within our busy Communications Team which has a wide and varied remit. The team is responsible for maximising engagement with a range of audiences from colleagues, members and our governing Council and committees to the media, public and parliamentarians.

This role is key to ensuring that we get the best value from our digital channels by developing strategy and content, implementing communications plans, advising on best practice, and using data and insight to inform continuous improvement.

·       Work collaboratively across the communications team and across the organisation to develop and deliver high quality and effective member and stakeholder communications across all our digital channels – website, social media and email engagement.

·       Use data and insights to analyse plan, implement and evaluate activity and campaign outcomes in collaboration with Communications Team colleagues. Make and implement recommendations for continuous improvement.

·    Oversee scheduling and publication of social media content to ensure optimal engagement with key audiences.

·     Manage production, distribution and quality control on mass emails including our fortnightly newsletter.

 

Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

You will be a motivated and high performing team player, with an excellent communications and engagement track record.

·    Create and implement compelling, data-driven engagement and communications activities/campaigns across digital channels

·    Swiftly gather, assess and communicate sometimes complex information in an appropriate and understandable format to engage audiences using the most appropriate channels

·    Experience of managing social media, websites and email for a range of audiences

·    Experience of analysing and evaluating digital engagement and communications activity, reporting in a concise and action-orientated way

·     Ability to organise and prioritise work, manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines

 

What we offer our employees

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:

·       A hybrid working environment.

·       Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.

·       30 days holiday plus bank holidays

·       A competitive pension provision scheme

·       Excellent family friendly benefits

·       Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.

·    Private medical insurance including dental and optical.

·   Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our Lifestyle savings offering.

 

The Law Society of Scotland is proud to hold a Leaders in Diversity Award in recognition of our commitment to advance fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement both within our organisation and in the Scottish legal sector. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page.

We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you!

If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.

This vacancy will close at 11.30am on Tuesday 11 November 2025.

We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.

 

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